BG Srinivas When Turkey’s financial regulators moved to crack down on a sprawling market-manipulation scheme, they unveiled a staggering web of systemic risk. The numbers behind the investigation are massive: 56 arrests, 131 investment funds frozen or liquidated, $19 billion in assets impacted, and over 455,000 retail investors left reeling. Yet, tucked away inside the…
There are moments when politics must stop at the doorstep of humanity, national pride and courage. The September 30 Flydubai FZ1073 incident was one such moment. A Bharatiya pilot, Captain Smit Machchhar, was brutally attacked inside the cockpit by his co-pilot while the aircraft was flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv. Gravely injured and bleeding,…
Napoleon Bonaparte’s prophetic cliché “Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world”, made in 1814, has at last arrived before mankind. Xi Jinping himself used a version of the quote in a March 2014 speech in France (200 years later): “The lion that is China has awoken, but it is a…
Lakshmanrao Upadhyayula In the sacred Tristubh meter of the Rigvedic hymns, the sage Vishwamitra raises his voice in reverence to Indra, the mighty sovereign whose presence permeates the visible and invisible dimensions of existence. Indra is celebrated as the connecting force that binds physical objects into a harmonious order, sustaining the fabric of the cosmos…
As Sanjaya continued his vivid narration of the great war to Dhritarashtra, the aged monarch found his mind disturbed by questions that would not rest. A father weighed every event not with the scales of justice but with the burden of affection. Deep within himself he wondered whether his son was in any way inferior…
Indrani Sri Mukhyaprana Hanuman Temple is located at Indrali, near Udupi in Karnataka. The temple stands in a quiet green setting and is connected with the sacred Indrani Teertha. It is a peaceful shrine dedicated to Sri Mukhyaprana, the Hanuman form of Vayu. The shrine has an old tradition connected with Indrani Teertha and the…
Nandigram (WB): West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday reached out to the minority community voters of Nandigram, stating that the bypoll on October 6 was the “most auspicious occasion to build a friendship” with the BJP. Addressing a rally at Birulia Bazar in Nandigram, an area traditionally considered to be a vulnerable area…
Mumbai: Thousands of people attended the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) protest at Shivaji Park here on Friday seeking the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, as party leader Abhijeet Dipke warned of “Jantar Mantar 2.0” if he did not step down. Dipke also targeted the BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit…
New Delhi: Delhi Police detained more than 700 people, including AAP leaders and members of various student organisations, at Jantar Mantar and in surrounding areas on Friday, during a protest against the CEC. Prohibitory orders were imposed and additional security personnel deployed to prevent any unauthorised gathering at the site, officials said. Political parties and…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay on Friday launched the expanded ‘Vettri Payanam’ – free bus travel for women – coinciding with Gandhi Jayanti. Over 84 lakh women will benefit daily from free bus scheme expansion and the beneficiaries may use services, including ‘deluxe’ and ‘express’ categories as well, the government said. There…
